By Lucia Udvardyova on June 9, 2017
By Lucia Udvardyova on 9 June 2017 in
BLOG
The music of Diatribes, a duo by the Geneva-based musicians D’incise and Cyril Bondi, induces hypnotic states. Lucia Udvardyova reflects about the duo’s radical sonic abstraction in their latest EP «Sistere» – and its inclusive communal effects.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged abstract, avantgarde, communal ritual, Cyril Bondi, D'incise, Diatribes, electroacoustic, Geneva, hypnotic state, Insub, primordial, Sistere, Slovakia, timelessness |
By Lucia Udvardyova on April 3, 2017
By Lucia Udvardyova on 3 April 2017 in
VIDEO
Far from folkloristic clichés and beyond the radar of the taste-shaping music press, there are alternative music scenes thriving in Central and Eastern Europe. Watch its most urgent video clips.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 8. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Artyom Astrov, Belonging, Benzokai, brat dážďoviek, Capitalism, Czech Republic, Dorota Masłowska, Easterndaze, Estonia, Facebook, football, Identity, Maria Strzelecka, Mister D, Ostrava, Poland, Politics, refugees, Samčo, Schwarzprior, Slovakia |
By Philipp Rhensius (Norient) on January 18, 2017
By Philipp Rhensius (Norient) on 18 January 2017 in
BLOG
For four days, the art and music space Reitschule in Bern turned into a center of the world: The 8th Norient Musikfilm Festival was an aesthetic journey through the politics of the body, mind and soul – a review in words, pictures and tweets.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 8. Norient Musikfilm Festival, A Story of Sahel Sounds, Amanda Sans, Ambient, Booty House, brat dážďoviek, Brazil, Christopher Kirkley, colonialism, deconstruction, Dis Fig, Dope Saint Jude, Easterndaze, Ecosysmtes of Excess, Elise Roodenburg, Emino, Europe, Fatou Seïdi Ghadi, Favela, Fleur Beemster, Florian Kläger, Ghetto House, Hot Sugar, Identities, immigrants, In the Circle: Footwork in Chicago, Inside the Mind of Favela Funk, Irony, J.G. Biberkopf, Jamaica, Jungle, Kingston, Klay Bb, Lucia Udvardyová, Madou, Markus Milcke, Mdou Moctar, Miquel Galofré, music video, Neopan Collective, New York City, niger, prison, Propaganda, Putaria-Funk, Rapper Phenix, refugees, rehabilitation, Rio de Janeiro, Samčo, Slovakia, Social Media, Songs of Redemption, Tobias Adam, Tunisia Clash, Victor Klemperer, Weld el 15, Wills Glasspiegel |
By Samčo Brat Dáždoviek on February 11, 2014
By Samčo Brat Dáždoviek on 11 February 2014 in
STORIES
Anti-music has grown on the Czech music platform bandzone. Music that nobody wants to listen to? No: Often really bad things turn out to be in fact good.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged anti-music, Chlapiksxichtemwlka, CT, Czech Republic, Dagmar Andrtová-Voňková, Depressive Directions, Dycky se můžem přejmenovat, Easterndaze, Jebem-Trepem, Ladislav Meliško, MC Bunny, Nová Dubnica, Okamžitý odjezd, Pilsen, Prague, Prievidza, Psychodelikum Alkoholikum, Rychnov nad Kněžnou, Slovakia, Štětí, sub-underground, Topoľčany, Trash, Vysušené embryá, Zle, Ztělesněná zoufalos |
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By Lucia Udvardyova on January 31, 2014
By Lucia Udvardyova on 31 January 2014 in
BLOG
An aural assemblage of field recordings from various locations across Syria, made in April and May 2011. The composition is a great example of suspense and orchestration of ready-made sounds.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Aleppo, assemblage, Damascus, Daniel Kordík, Deir ez-Zur, field recordings, Francisco López, Hama, Lucia Udvardyová, Omar Souleyman, Palmyra, Slovakia, sound composition, Soundscapes, synthesiser, Syria |
